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FRIDAY JANUARY 29, 2010 7:30 p.m.
The Players Club 16 Gramercy Park South NY, NY 10003 (212) 475-6116
"PAINT IT BLACK" An evening of readings of four of my short stories, by Campbell Scott, Patricia Randell, Bill Camp, and Christianna Nelson.

MONDAY DECEMBER 21, 2009 7:30 p.m.
The Players Club 16 Gramercy Park South NY, NY 10003 (212) 475-6116
"Mollusk Makes a Comeback" will be read by Hanna Cheek, alongside Sharon Pomerantz's story, "Like Graceland" read by Patricia Randell, and Denis Johnson's stories "Happy Hour" and "Dirty Wedding," read by Will Patton.
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 14, 2009 8:00 p.m.
Meredith College, North Carolina: Stories From New River
"Mollusk Makes a Comeback," "The Summer Before" and "The Laziest Form of Revelation" performed by the Stillwater Theatre Company alongside stories by Glen Hirshberg and Sharon Rubin Stein.
THURSDAY OCTOBER 29, 2009 7:30 p.m.
The Players Club 16 Gramercy Park South NY, NY 10003 (212) 475-6116
"Double-Blind" will be read as part of a star-studded evening of Halloween Tales.
SATURDAY OCTOBER 24, 2009 8:00 p.m.
"PAINT IT BLACK" at STORY SLAM Charlotte, NC 1402 Central Avenue
An evening dedicated to readings of four of my stories: "That of Which We Cannot Speak," "I Knew You'd Be Lovely," "The Only Way Out Is Through," and "The Summer Before."
FRIDAY OCTOBER 23, 2009 8:00 p.m.
"PAINT IT BLACK" at STORY SLAM Charlotte, NC 1402 Central Avenue
An evening dedicated to readings of four of my stories: "The Far Side of the Moon," "Proof of Love," "The Thing Itself," and "Good in a Crisis."
MONDAY OCTOBER 19, 2009 7:00 p.m.
Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST)'s annual OCTOBERFEST 549 W. 52nd St. 2nd floor MAIN STAGE
"Mistake" and "Proof of Love," adapted by M.Z. Ribalow to one-act plays, read as part of Octoberfest's second evening of events.
SUNDAY OCTOBER 18, 2009 7:00 p.m.
Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST)'s annual OCTOBERFEST 549 W. 52nd St. 2nd floor MAIN STAGE
"The Laziest Form of Revelation" and "Good in a Crisis" read alongside stories by Glen Hirshberg and Clay McLeod Chapman.
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 8:00 p.m.
STORY SLAM Charlotte, NC
"Mollusk Makes a Comeback" read by actress Anne O'Sullivan. Also: "Shoes" by Sharon Pomerantz read by Patricia Randell; "The Other Man" by Denis Johnson read by Randell Haynes; "The Succulent Walk" by John W. Love, Jr., read by the author; and "The Beach" by Jeff Jackson read by Michael Medeiros.
SUNDAY MAY 17, 2009 5:00 p.m.
Riverspace Arts Nyack, NY
"Marriage and Other Odd Occurrences," an evening of the short stories of Alethea Black. Staged readings by actors Matthew Arkin and Andrew Greenway, directed by Elliott Forrest.

THURSDAY APRIL 30, 2009 6:00 p.m.
Cornelia St. Café 29 Cornelia St. (between 6th Ave & Bleecker) NYC 212 989-9319
Reading the new short story "The Laziest Form of Revelation."
SATURDAY APRIL 18, 2009 8:00 p.m.
Rosenthal JCC Theatre Pleasantville, NY
"Marriage and Other Odd Occurrences," an evening of the short stories of Alethea Black. Staged readings by actors Dennis Boutsikaris and John Shea, directed by Elliott Forrest. Q&A, champagne, and cake after the show.

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 28, 2009 8:00 p.m.
The Raconteur 431 Main St. Metuchen, NJ 08840 732 906-0009
Reading with Rebecca Donner and Jennie Kaufman as part of the trio "Partial Nudity, Partial Sanity, Partial Sobriety." Complimentary wine and shenanigans at a bookstore so hip you think to yourself: "Maybe if the economy gets really bad, I could come and live here."
MONDAY NOVEMBER 10, 2008
Georgia College & State University Milledgeville, GA
Award Ceremony for 2008 Arts & Letters Prize.
MONDAY MAY 12, 2008 6-8 p.m.
Cornelia St. Café 29 Cornelia St. (between 6th Ave & Bleecker) NYC 212 989-9319
Reading "Mollusk Makes a Comeback."

THURSDAY MARCH 13, 2008 6-8 p.m.
Cornelia St. Café 29 Cornelia St. (between 6th Ave & Bleecker) NYC 212 989-9319
Encore invitation, since the last time was so much fun. This time reading from a new story entitled "The Thing Itself."

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 3, 2007 8:00 p.m.
The Raconteur 431 Main St. Metuchen, NJ 08840 732 906-0009
Reading with the incomparable Courtney Lee Adams Jr., who will be the musical guest, and the indescribable Joy Katz, who will be the poetess. Special appearance by the mysterious George Foy. Feel free to join the Raconteur Motorcycle Club while you're there, or join us for a beer afterward.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 2007 6:30 p.m.
Inkwell Soireé to celebrate this year's award winners. Gala Reception & Silent Auction. Consider yourself invited. But you might have to wear a tie.
East Library, Reid Castle, The College Campus
Manhattanville College 2900 Purchase St. Purchase, NY 914 323-7239
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 2007 6-8 p.m.
Biscuit BBQ Park Slope, Brooklyn
230 Fifth Avenue (at President) 718 399-2161/2162
Reading from a new story told in snapshots called "Day 4,806"

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2007 6:00 p.m.
Cornelia St. Café 29 Cornelia Street (between 6th Ave & Bleecker) NYC 212 989-9319
In its thirty years Cornelia Street has won numerous awards both for its food and for its performances. As early as 1980 Calvin Trillin profiled it glowingly in the New Yorker. As recently as last December, Downbeat Magazine, the jazz bible, named it "one of the 100 great jazz clubs of the world."
SUNDAY JUNE 24, 2007 6-8 p.m.
Biscuit BBQ Park Slope, Brooklyn
230 Fifth Avenue (at President) 718 399-2162/2161

SUNDAY MAY 20, 2007 4:30 p.m.
Hudson Valley Writers' Center Sleepy Hollow, NY
Reading along with Claudia Burbank. After the readings, from 5:30 to 6:00 pm there will be a Q&A, then a wine and cheese reception.
The Hudson Valley Writers' Center is located in the Philipse Manor Railroad Station in Sleepy Hollow, New York. Follow the Metro North signs to the station from Route 9, near Historic Hudson Valley's Philipsburg Manor. (914) 332-5953 www.writerscenter.org
Claudia Burbank is the recipient of a 2003 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts as well as a Pushcart Prize nomination. Her recent poems appear in Prairie Schooner, Southern Poetry Review, New York Quarterly, and 42opus. Her poem "Googling Myself I Discover I Am a Victim of Hurricane Katrina" was chosen by Alice Quinn to win Inkwell's Poetry Competition.
